School Conclave - Road Safety through
existing curriculum subjects

Realising the vulnerability of the children on our roads, various discussions and meetings were held across the country debating the need to introduce road safety as a separate subject in the school curriculum. Schools and teachers across the country felt that teaching schedule is always under pressure, and introducing yet another subject would overload the already over burdened student. However, everybody agreed that it is necessary to make the student aware of the hazards of the road as well as to develop an attitude of defensive road us\age amongst them.

ITo resolve this tangle, IRTE has developed a module and methodology, to teach road safety education through the existing curriculum subjects.

Workshops in the School Conclave on road safety are being organised to
a) Educate the teachers in the basics of road laws, driver education and behaviour, current status of road environment and enforcement, causes and hazards which lead to road accidents, and post-accident management.

b) Help the teachers with systems and supports through an interactive training system, and impart the thirteen objectives through already existing curriculum subjects including Geography, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Language, Art and Craft, etc